Young Nonprofit Must Raise Hundreds of Millions for Project

The young nonprofit charged with building a performing-arts center at the World Trade Center faces an uphill battle.

After a rocky financial start, the organization must now raise hundreds of millions of dollars, competing with the 9/11 Memorial & Museum for government funding and high-profile arts projects for private donations. To succeed, it will need to assemble a high-octane board, win over a thusfar noncommittal mayor and explain why the project is vital to New York at a time when a handful of similar theater...